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Quotes from Ronald Reagan


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Trust, but verify.


Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.


Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.


We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.


If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.


Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.


The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.


No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!


Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.


Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.


We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.


If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.


There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.


There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.


The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.


We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.


Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.


Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.


When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.


Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.